Posted - 01/17/2012 : 17:39:11 Will Alexander Ovechkin find his superstar form for the second half of the 2011/12 NHL season?

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Guest4465

Posted - 02/05/2012 : 02:44:05 Actually guys, Ovi 's using this as a joke to pick up chicks.

Ovi: Hi gurrr Girl: Hello thereOvi: I like you Girl: Really?Ovi: Yessssh you are prittyGirl: Thank youOvi: I need to find my form Girl: Where? Ovi: In you pants, can I check it?

Ovi takes girl to his room.... (*winks .. its a working everytime)

Guest2792

Posted - 02/05/2012 : 00:40:06 Firstly, I see no connection between points and hits (I realize in these forums you can't leave anything to chance so here : yes hits result in turnovers and turnovers result in goals sometimes) but just cuz you're hitting or not hitting doesn't mean your point production is gonna go up or down. Second, I dont like the idea of all Russians gettting grouped together as lazy, there have been and are alot of great hard working Russians in this league. Third, I do agree to some point there is a difference between American (or swedish, finnish for that matter) vs Russians. IMHO Russian's are raised in poverty and making it pro is the only way out. They work their butts off in all the levels of hockey to finally make it to the show then they work some more. Once they get their big contract and everything is secure and comfortable they get comfortable. can you blame them? after a couple years they dig in and get back on track.

slozo

Posted - 01/25/2012 : 11:29:17

quote:Originally posted by Guest9053

It's not so much as he's russian, it's that most of the players from accross the pond just get lazy after they they get Superstar contracts!

quote:Originally posted by Guest0123

He's a Russian, and they get lazier in the second half of the season. Unless they are in contention for the Cup. I think that he will get hurt; this will be his unlucky year!

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Guest9053

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 12:43:41It's not so much as he's russian, it's that most of the players from accross the pond just get lazy after they they get Superstar contracts!

quote:Originally posted by Guest0123

He's a Russian, and they get lazier in the second half of the season. Unless they are in contention for the Cup. I think that he will get hurt; this will be his unlucky year!

Guest7961

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 11:14:33 I know where he left his form: second drawer on the left side of his desk in his Soviet style library. On top of Gulag. Under Eisenhower.

Guest4227

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 09:58:17 Sorry, very surprised if they WEREN'T on drugs or partying.

Guest5744

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 09:57:41 haha i really doubt it

Guest4227

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 09:56:10 I haven't seen any evidence of this but I would be very suprised if some of these Caps are on some serious recreational drugs or just some heavy partying. Players I wouldn't be surprised if their names were associated with drugs are Ovie, Green right off the bat. Again I haven't heard anything about this, just my opinion from the outside.

slozo

Posted - 01/24/2012 : 08:31:47

quote:Originally posted by Guest7752

quote:Originally posted by slozo

quote:Originally posted by Guest0123

He's a Russian, and they get lazier in the second half of the season. Unless they are in contention for the Cup. I think that he will get hurt; this will be his unlucky year!

Guest mentioned "unless they are in contention for a Cup".... which is exactly what was going on when he put up the numbers you posted.

nuxfan

Posted - 01/22/2012 : 19:24:40

quote:Originally posted by The Duke

Ovechkin had to slow down his hitting ways or he would have had a short career....thats all that happened to Ovie.

Dishing out these bone crushing hits not only punish your opponents but also punish yourself. Wendall Clark is a prime example of this, this style of play takes its toll on the body.

No - one can keep up the pace Ovie played at for 82 games a season,( plus the playoffs ) year after year...it just can`t be done.

I think once he realized this he figured, short career ...equals...shorter time in the NHL....which leads to lost millions of green back

I don't know - he seems to be on pace for another over-200 hit season, which is pretty high for a player of his offensive talents, he does play a very physical game. He's currently just outside the top-20 in hits this season, and last year finished top-10, in his worst ever statistical season. If anything, his hitting seems to be going up while his point production goes down or levels out.

The Duke

Posted - 01/22/2012 : 18:04:16 Ovechkin had to slow down his hitting ways or he would have had a short career....thats all that happened to Ovie.

Dishing out these bone crushing hits not only punish your opponents but also punish yourself. Wendall Clark is a prime example of this, this style of play takes its toll on the body.

No - one can keep up the pace Ovie played at for 82 games a season,( plus the playoffs ) year after year...it just can`t be done.

I think once he realized this he figured, short career ...equals...shorter time in the NHL....which leads to lost millions of green back

slozo

Posted - 01/21/2012 : 07:03:46

quote:Originally posted by Guest0123

He's a Russian, and they get lazier in the second half of the season. Unless they are in contention for the Cup. I think that he will get hurt; this will be his unlucky year!

Posted - 01/21/2012 : 05:18:22 He's a Russian, and they get lazier in the second half of the season. Unless they are in contention for the Cup. I think that he will get hurt; this will be his unlucky year!

ryan93

Posted - 01/18/2012 : 09:31:53 Hard to say...I thought he had turned the corner a couple weeks ago when in a 12 game stretch he scored 9 goals & 14 points. But he's followed that streak up with a 6 game stretch where he's managed just 1 goal & 1 assist.